Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staired

/stɛɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: staired
IPA: /stɛɹd/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having (a specified kind or number of) stairs.

Example Sentences

"In a device of the kind described, a plurality of platforms normally horizontally disposed in staired arrangement, each of said platforms comprising a pair of elongated platform elements[…]"
"They are variously described as simple, compound, hanging, tandem or two-staired, intersecting and nivation cirques."
"There is also speculation that the name Galata comes from the Italian word for descent (calata), an appropriate description of the steep and staired streets that slope down the hill from Beyoglu to the Golden Horn."

Etymology

From stair + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: stair

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stɛɹd/
British English: /stɛəd/

Homonyms

stared

Rhymes With

e=mc² scaaared

Questions

How do you pronounce staired?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɛɹd/.
What does staired mean?: Having (a specified kind or number of) stairs.
Where does staired come from?: From stair + -ed.

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